Botrynema brucei
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Botrynema brucei is a jellyfish - kind from the family of Halicreatidae .
features
Botrynema brucei has a diameter of up to 25 millimeters and has eight wide radial canals, on the outside of which the oval gonads can also be found. In each octant (the eight body sections) there are two groups of 11–12 tentacles , in a circle around the edge there are another eight individually standing tentacles. There are 3 club-shaped sense organs placed between the groups of tentacles. The umbrella is conical and elongated into an appendage at the tip, which distinguishes it from Botrynema ellinorae .
distribution
Botrynema brucei can be found in all oceans.
swell
- Jean Bouillon, Ferdinando Boero: Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species , in: Thalassia Salentina, Vol. 24, 2000, pp. 65-66, PDF Online
- FS Russell: Trachymedusae. , in: Fich. Ident. Zooplancton, Vol. 164, 1980, pp. 3-4, PDF Online
Individual evidence
- ^ PL Kramp: Synopsis of the Medusae of the World. , in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1961, Vol. 40, pp. 243-248, PDF Online ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
